Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Gennadi Mikhailovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 28.10.1940 |
| Birthplace: | Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 27.03.1973 |
| Selection group: | TsKBEM-3 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 17.01.1995 |
| Date of death: | 25.12.2004 |
| Place of death: | Moscow, Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz T-3 | Flight Engineer | 27.11. - 10.12.1980 | 12d 19h 07m |
| 2 | Soyuz T-8 | Flight Engineer | 20.04. - 22.04.1983 | 2d 00h 17m |
| 3 | Soyuz T-11 / Soyuz T-10 | Flight Engineer | 03.04. - 11.04.1984 | 7d 21h 40m |
| 4 | Soyuz TM-10 / Mir-7 | Flight Engineer | 01.08. - 10.12.1990 | 130d 20h 35m |
| 5 | Soyuz TM-21 / Mir-18 / STS-71 Atlantis | Flight Engineer | 14.03. - 07.07.1995 | 115d 08h 43m |
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| Total | 268d 22h 22m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz 22 | Flight Engineer |
| 2 | Soyuz T-5 | Flight Engineer |
| 3 | Soyuz T-9 | Flight Engineer |
| 4 | Soyuz T-14 | Flight Engineer |
| 5 | Soyuz TM-9 | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Graduated from Bauman Moscow Higher Technical
School with an engineer's diploma, 1965; candidate of technical sciences
degree, 1985; engineer at Korolyov Design bureau; was selected as cosmonaut on
27.03.1973 (TsKBEM-3); was already assigned as backup for
Soyuz 22;
crewmember of aborted mission
Soyuz
T-10A; Instructor test cosmonaut and Department Head of
RSC Energiya; retired on 17.01.1995, but continued his
employment by a special contract until
EO-18 (Soyuz TM-21)
concluded; by the order of 6 February 2003, Gennadi Strekalov was transferred
to the post of the leading scientific worker at
RKKE; Strekalov has been the commander of the
cosmonaut detachment of
RKKE since 1985; died of cancer. |
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